White wonderland. - Scene from the window.
For the last four weeks we have experienced amazing weather for Irish standards. Everything frozen and white. The trees looked so beautiful. It brought many hardships with it, and many of us had to change the way we usually did things. For us on the farm, filling water for the cattle (and for neighbour’s cattle) became the main occupation for many days.
One of our cows in her cozy shed, waiting for water to be fetched from the lake.
How quickly the lake edge froze over again after we had smashed through it to draw water.
Refrozen ice at the lake edge.
We took time out to walk on the lake when it was so solid. We saw foxes and hares out running on the lake, but too quick for my camera.
Gabriel rambling back across the lake.
For me, apart from the hardship of extra tasks, it was a special time of pause for reflection Not just about the year ahead, but also about the wonder of it all. How just a few more degrees, one way or the other, can make such a huge difference to our world. 
- Here was my favourite place to sit, - out on the lake in a frozen, white landscape. (Notice it wasn’t inside at my computer writing blog posts! )
Tags: Close-to-nature, Frozen scenes
would have been great if you had a pair of skates!